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NSW Police and the state government are investigating how neo-Nazis were allowed to hold a rally against Jewish groups outside parliament on Saturday morning, after the group first notified police of their plans more than a week ago.
Police allowed Nazi rally outside NSW parliament
More than 60 people attended Saturday morning’s rally after notifying police more than a week ago. The police commissioner said he had no idea it was going to happen.
www.smh.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
NSW Police and the state government are investigating how neo-Nazis were allowed to hold a rally against Jewish groups outside parliament on Saturday morning, after the group first notified police of their plans more than a week ago.
Congratulations @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 👏
Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani was elected on Tuesday as the 111th mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and making history as the city’s first Muslim mayor. 🔗 👉 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Congratulations @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 👏
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More good news, for aussies this time 🦘
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
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November 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
More good news, for aussies this time 🦘
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"At a congressional level, I was meeting with senior leaders who were evangelical about the importance of #AUKUS"
Oh FFS, Conroy. *Of course* the yanks love a 'deal' where we pay billions, and they can give us nada.
To quote Trump: "suckers and losers". #auspol
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Oh FFS, Conroy. *Of course* the yanks love a 'deal' where we pay billions, and they can give us nada.
To quote Trump: "suckers and losers". #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: SA police wind up search for missing four-year-old; US politicians ‘evangelical’ about Aukus, Conroy says
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October 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"At a congressional level, I was meeting with senior leaders who were evangelical about the importance of #AUKUS"
Oh FFS, Conroy. *Of course* the yanks love a 'deal' where we pay billions, and they can give us nada.
To quote Trump: "suckers and losers". #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Oh FFS, Conroy. *Of course* the yanks love a 'deal' where we pay billions, and they can give us nada.
To quote Trump: "suckers and losers". #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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NO KINGS!
The Australian perspective... "The British themselves would not accept an Australian as a head of state, and it is time we declared at that level who we are, at last."
Thank you,Thomas Keneally!
www.smh.com.au/national/cal...
The Australian perspective... "The British themselves would not accept an Australian as a head of state, and it is time we declared at that level who we are, at last."
Thank you,Thomas Keneally!
www.smh.com.au/national/cal...
Call this a geriatric rant if you wish, but at 90, I’ve decided enough is enough
I’m fond of King Charles but, on my significant birthday, I must declare: I am not his subject. I owe him no allegiance.
www.smh.com.au
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
NO KINGS!
The Australian perspective... "The British themselves would not accept an Australian as a head of state, and it is time we declared at that level who we are, at last."
Thank you,Thomas Keneally!
www.smh.com.au/national/cal...
The Australian perspective... "The British themselves would not accept an Australian as a head of state, and it is time we declared at that level who we are, at last."
Thank you,Thomas Keneally!
www.smh.com.au/national/cal...
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The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the PRRT.
‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the PRRT.
‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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Nursing, midwifery, social work and teaching students will receive government support while on prac placements from 1.7.25.
It's a great idea to support young people while they undertake mandatory training - sometimes hundreds of kms from home.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It's a great idea to support young people while they undertake mandatory training - sometimes hundreds of kms from home.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Thousands of Australian uni students will now receive $331 a week for practical placements. But not everyone’s happy
Teaching, nursery, midwifery and social work students to benefit, as government urged to expand eligibility and increase pay to minimum wage
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Nursing, midwifery, social work and teaching students will receive government support while on prac placements from 1.7.25.
It's a great idea to support young people while they undertake mandatory training - sometimes hundreds of kms from home.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It's a great idea to support young people while they undertake mandatory training - sometimes hundreds of kms from home.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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In Australia, Donald Trump’s 1986–87 bid to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected after police warned the New South Wales government of potential ties to organized crime, according to cabinet records revealed in 2017.
June 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In Australia, Donald Trump’s 1986–87 bid to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected after police warned the New South Wales government of potential ties to organized crime, according to cabinet records revealed in 2017.
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1 July changes: minimum wage, Centrelink payments, parental leave, road fines and everything else coming for the 2025-26 financial year
1 July changes: minimum wage, Centrelink payments, parental leave, road fines and everything else coming for the 2025-26 financial year
New financial year means improved benefits for the less well off, and cameras that can see drivers using their phones
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A wage increase for low-paid workers, changes to superannuation and significant reforms to the pension are part of sweeping changes being made on 1 July.
The end of the financial year is typically when state and federal governments change a range of legislation, implementing new policies. This year there is a lot happening so let’s take a look at the big-ticket items. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
1 July changes: minimum wage, Centrelink payments, parental leave, road fines and everything else coming for the 2025-26 financial year
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Australia’s trade minister says Trump plan to double steel and aluminium tariffs to 50% ‘not the act of a friend’
Australia’s trade minister says Trump plan to double steel and aluminium tariffs to 50% ‘not the act of a friend’
Don Farrell says US president’s latest tariffs announcement ‘an act of economic self harm’ and he will continue to advocate for their removal
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Australia’s trade minister, Don Farrell, has described Donald Trump’s trade tariffs as “unjustified and not the act of a friend”, after the US president announced he would double import duties on steel and aluminium to 50%.
Trump told a steelworkers rally in Pittsburgh that raising the tariff would “even further secure the steel industry in the United States. Nobody is going to get around that.”
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May 31, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Australia’s trade minister says Trump plan to double steel and aluminium tariffs to 50% ‘not the act of a friend’
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Australia's largest oil and gas project will continue until 2070, making a complete mockery of fake aspirations for "net zero emissions" by 2050.
This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.
Nobody voted for this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.
Nobody voted for this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070
The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf proje...
www.abc.net.au
May 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Australia's largest oil and gas project will continue until 2070, making a complete mockery of fake aspirations for "net zero emissions" by 2050.
This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.
Nobody voted for this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
This shameful decision was postponed until after a federal election, just 3 weeks ago.
Nobody voted for this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia's Lowy Institute.
China is now the biggest debt collector in the developing world, report says
Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia's Lowy Institute.
n.pr
May 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia's Lowy Institute.
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🧵Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 21 April to 4 May 2025
🔹COVID notification rates highest in NSW, lowest in WA
🔹Hospital admissions increased: COVID +25.8%, flu +22.5%, RSV +39.3%
🔹COVID was the leading cause of deaths across 2023-2025
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
🔹COVID notification rates highest in NSW, lowest in WA
🔹Hospital admissions increased: COVID +25.8%, flu +22.5%, RSV +39.3%
🔹COVID was the leading cause of deaths across 2023-2025
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
May 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🧵Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 21 April to 4 May 2025
🔹COVID notification rates highest in NSW, lowest in WA
🔹Hospital admissions increased: COVID +25.8%, flu +22.5%, RSV +39.3%
🔹COVID was the leading cause of deaths across 2023-2025
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
🔹COVID notification rates highest in NSW, lowest in WA
🔹Hospital admissions increased: COVID +25.8%, flu +22.5%, RSV +39.3%
🔹COVID was the leading cause of deaths across 2023-2025
Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...
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The election result also means the debate about energy policy is now, in broad terms, over. Australia’s energy future is wind and solar, backed by storage.
Australia is set to be a renewables nation. There is no turning back now.
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Australia is set to be a renewables nation. There is no turning back now.
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Australia is set to be a renewables nation. After Labor’s win, there’s no turning back
Under a Labor government, coal and gas have a fast-declining role to play in Australia’s energy mix – and nuclear has none at all.
theconversation.com
May 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The election result also means the debate about energy policy is now, in broad terms, over. Australia’s energy future is wind and solar, backed by storage.
Australia is set to be a renewables nation. There is no turning back now.
theconversation.com/australia-is....
Australia is set to be a renewables nation. There is no turning back now.
theconversation.com/australia-is....
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Australia: Flu vaccination rates ‘dire’, expert warns.
"Current data showing the national rate for people above 65 years of age receiving flu vaccines is only 62%, and far lower for other age groups."
Live news blog link: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Current data showing the national rate for people above 65 years of age receiving flu vaccines is only 62%, and far lower for other age groups."
Live news blog link: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
May 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Australia: Flu vaccination rates ‘dire’, expert warns.
"Current data showing the national rate for people above 65 years of age receiving flu vaccines is only 62%, and far lower for other age groups."
Live news blog link: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Current data showing the national rate for people above 65 years of age receiving flu vaccines is only 62%, and far lower for other age groups."
Live news blog link: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Proud of you, Canada 🇨🇦 and Australia 🇦🇺 with love from your American allies.
May 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Proud of you, Canada 🇨🇦 and Australia 🇦🇺 with love from your American allies.
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What the Liberals do next is important to them & irrelevant to Australia. ALP has a big majority in the House, and with the Greens have a majority in the Senate. The Liberals are a minor party in waiting
It’s time to crack on and get big stuff done. My column
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
It’s time to crack on and get big stuff done. My column
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Nothing stands the way of Labor and ambitious, progressive reform
The big question now is whether the second term Labor government will make the big changes that Australians clearly want and need.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
May 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What the Liberals do next is important to them & irrelevant to Australia. ALP has a big majority in the House, and with the Greens have a majority in the Senate. The Liberals are a minor party in waiting
It’s time to crack on and get big stuff done. My column
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
It’s time to crack on and get big stuff done. My column
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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No, "Australia" is in not in "a cost-of-living nightmare".
For many, inflation is no biggie.
We're in a poverty and inequality nightmare.
If the media and political class only focus on the cost of things, and not structural problems, we'll never properly tax wealth.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
For many, inflation is no biggie.
We're in a poverty and inequality nightmare.
If the media and political class only focus on the cost of things, and not structural problems, we'll never properly tax wealth.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
How did the cost of living get so bad? These graphs show how prices skyrocketed
The election may be over, but cost of living is still front of mind for Australians. These graphs show how we got here and what the new government has to do to rein in rising prices.
www.abc.net.au
May 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
No, "Australia" is in not in "a cost-of-living nightmare".
For many, inflation is no biggie.
We're in a poverty and inequality nightmare.
If the media and political class only focus on the cost of things, and not structural problems, we'll never properly tax wealth.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
For many, inflation is no biggie.
We're in a poverty and inequality nightmare.
If the media and political class only focus on the cost of things, and not structural problems, we'll never properly tax wealth.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Nice job, Australia!
a blue flag with red white and blue stars is flying in the wind
ALT: a blue flag with red white and blue stars is flying in the wind
media.tenor.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Nice job, Australia!
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I'm on my way. >>> Australia
May 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm on my way. >>> Australia
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NEWS: Labor Party has won Australia's national elections today, defeating their conservative opponents.
So Labor will continue leading the country for a second term. The right was leading in the polls in 2024 and early 2025, when the lead reversed — in part due to Trump, just like in Canada.
So Labor will continue leading the country for a second term. The right was leading in the polls in 2024 and early 2025, when the lead reversed — in part due to Trump, just like in Canada.
Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win
Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NEWS: Labor Party has won Australia's national elections today, defeating their conservative opponents.
So Labor will continue leading the country for a second term. The right was leading in the polls in 2024 and early 2025, when the lead reversed — in part due to Trump, just like in Canada.
So Labor will continue leading the country for a second term. The right was leading in the polls in 2024 and early 2025, when the lead reversed — in part due to Trump, just like in Canada.
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Australia you beauty www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
Australia federal election live: PM Albanese hails 'vote for Australian values' after landslide election win
Anthony Albanese's left-leaning Labor Party has won an outright majority in parliament, according to the latest counting
www.bbc.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Australia you beauty www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...